Posted on 11/21/2022 4:06:15 PM PST by SoConPubbie
President Trump took failed Republican Colorado Senate nominee Joe O’Dea to task on Monday in a blistering statement, lambasting candidates who shifted their policy priorities after winning their primaries and dumping the MAGA agenda.
“Joe O’Dea lost his race in Colorado by over 12 points because he campaigned against MAGA,” Trump wrote in an official statement. “Likewise, candidates who shifted their ‘messaging’ after winning big in the Primaries (Bolduc!) saw big losses in the General.”
Don Bolduc was the U.S. Republican Senate nominee in New Hampshire who lost to Democrat Sen. Maggie Hassan this midterm cycle. O’Dea was considered a moderate Republican in the Colorado Senate race and lost his election to Colorado incumbent Democrat Sen. Michael Bennett, per Fox News.
Via RSBN, O’Dea specifically drew the ire of Trump and his loyal voting base this fall when the Senate nominee unwisely told CNN that if the 45th president ran for office again in 2024, he would “actively campaign against Donald Trump and make sure that we’ve got four or five really great Republicans right now.”
Trump responded to O’Dea’s comments, noting, “MAGA doesn’t Vote for stupid people with big mouths! Good luck Joe!”
O’Dea’s midterm loss in Colorado seems to indicate that Trump’s prediction was correct.
“Will they ever learn their lesson?” Trump continued in his Monday statement. “You can’t win without MAGA!”
Trump’s warning to weak-kneed Republican candidates came on the heels of “232 wins and only 22 losses” this midterm season, according to the president.
Trump spent the entirety of 2022 staging powerful “Save America” rallies around the country, rallying for strong America First candidates – most of whom rocketed to success in the general election.
In fact, the House of Representatives officially fell under majority Republican control following the midterms, as reported by RSBN.
That’s true.
...but they don’t want to win.
We the People on the other hand, do.
The lame o in PA, OZ whatever, is one of them. He never mentioned Trump.
you’re full of baloney
Is there exit polling to support President Trump’s claims?
That douche only won the primary because Trump endorsed him.
Carpetbagging, dual citizen, Turkish veteran and Muslim.
I can’t imagine why white rednecks didn’t want him...
Republicans have already demonstrated they would rather lose without Trump than win with him. Bob Barr is right; the GOP is being shattered and it is delightful!
The Burbs?
The Uniparty does not care.
Losing is winning when all you want is a cut of the loot.
He’s not wrong.
yes
The Lame-o
Trumps voters turned out see the nearly 5 million vote margin in the popular vote. The one thing is the Republican leadership had no messaging countering the student loan giveaway or abortion. See the D+28 amongst Generation Z cause those people live with their parents and don’t really feel inflation .
I have no idea what your point is.
FACTCHECK ALERT. /liberal mind
Wait, what?!
Endorsements by Donald Trump
| Election year | Total endorsements | Primary endorsements | Primary success rate | General election endorsements | General election success rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 495 | 241 | 93% | 254 | 82% |
who you going to believe, your lying polls or the facts?
But he could NOT win again if 2016 was replayed with ballot harvesting. Even Trump does not seem to have any answer for this.
Re: 17 - Doesn’t President Trump use polls?
Is there data to support his claim? That would be powerful evidence for all.
And yet Oz still did a lot better than that moron little Dougie Mastriano.
I wasn’t a fan of either candidate but facts are facts.
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